Bjarni Benediktsson
Iceland's finance minister who resigned in October 2023 after the Parliamentary Ombudsman found him disqualified in the Íslandsbanki sale his father bought into; PM April to December 2024; left parliament January 2025
Former Prime Minister of Iceland (April to December 2024); former Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs· Iceland · in the record since Oct 2023
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As caretaker PM and acting food minister in December 2024, Benediktsson issued five-year whaling permits to Hvalur hf. (fin whales) and Tjaldtangi ehf. (minke whales).
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- Reykjavík Grapevine — Bjarni Ben Grants Whaling Permits
Bjarni Benediktsson, Prime Minister, has been serving as the acting Minister for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries.
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Benediktsson resigned as finance minister on 10 October 2023 over his disqualification in the Íslandsbanki sale.
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- RÚVheadline
Bjarni Benediktsson segir af sér vegna vanhæfis við söluna á Íslandsbanka
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Six months after resigning as finance minister, Benediktsson, then foreign minister, became Iceland's prime minister in April 2024.
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- Ghana News Agency — Benediktsson to replace Jakobsdóttir as Iceland's prime minister
Iceland's foreign minister, Bjarni Benediktsson, is to be the country's new prime minister
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In the 2022 Íslandsbanki sale, Hafsilfur, a company owned by Benediktsson's father Benedikt Sveinsson, paid ISK 54,873,585 for a 0.1042% stake.0.1% · $449K
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- Reykjavík Grapevine
one of the investors is a company called Hafsilfur, which paid 54,873,585 ISK for a 0.1042% share of Íslandsbanki.
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Iceland's Finance Minister Bjarni Benediktsson resigned on October 10, 2023 after the Parliamentary Ombudsman found him disqualified from handling the 2022 sale of shares in Íslandsbanki, in which a company owned by his father was among the buyers.
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- mbl.is (Morgunblaðið)
Bjarni segir af sér embætti fjármálaráðherra eftir álit umboðsmanns Alþingis um vanhæfi hans í Íslandsbankasölunni.